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You are bidding on a super rare antique hardcover book titled The Scots Magazine. This is Volume LXV for the year 1803! Published in Edinburgh, England. Printed by Alex. Chapman and Co. This amazing book is 893 pages long including an Index. The book is a General Repository of Literature, HIstory and Politics for the year of 1803, it is a veritable gold mine of information of almost every aspect of life at the time. It has valuable information on events. The book contains so many articles. Here is a small sample of some of the topics covered in the book: Deformity, Natural History of Caffraria, British Intelligence, Journey Through the Highlands of Scotland, Modern Education, Emigration from the Highlands, Small-pox, History of Calvinism, European Colonies in Europe, Imperial Parliament, European Colonies in Egypt, Observations on the Works of Rembrandt, Antiquity of the Hindoo Scriptures, Hindoo Cultivation of Sugar Cane, and much, much more. there are also sections of poetry. There are also sections on Marriages, Births, and Deaths. This is just a small sample of the many articles in the book. This book can give the reader a real feel for the important issues affecting the people in 1803! The book features full calf leather binding. Spine has five raised bands. Titling is in gold on red morocco label in spine compartment. The covers are very securely attached with no cracking or splitting of hinges. The leather is very supple and in very good condition. There is some scratching to the front cover. All pages are clean and tightly bound. Outside page edges have speckled design. The pages are clean and bright with virtually no foxing. There is an armorail bookplate on inside front cover. Owner was Cumming Gordon of Altyr, Gordonstown Bart. The bookplate comes from an important family in English history. Here is some info: The Cumming-Gordon, later Gordon-Cumming Baronetcy, of Altyre near Forres, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 27 May 1804 for Alexander Cumming-Gordon, formerly Member of Parliament for Inverness Burghs. The Cumyn or Cumming family had been settled in Scotland since the 12th century. One member of the family, John II Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, married Eleanor, sister of King John of Scotland. Their son John III Comyn, Lord of Badenoch, known as the "Red Comyn", was a claimant to the Scottish throne through his mother. A later member of the family, Robert Cumming, 13th of Altyre, married Lucy, daughter of Sir Ludovic Gordon of Gordonstoun. Their great-grandson was the first Baronet, who assumed the additional surname of Gordon on succeeding to the Gordon of Gordonstoun estates. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Elgin Burghs. He changed the family surname from Cumming-Gordon to Gordon-Cumming. The fourth Baronet is best known as a central figure in the Royal Baccarat Scandal. This is a super rare book loaded with valuable information and it is in very nice condition! Would make a tremendous addition to a collection. Great gift idea! (Inventory: 458) Track Page Views With Auctiva's FREE Counter